For our new company we are looking for a strong professional who will be responsible for a 360 view of the financial activities of the country, starting with accounting and expanding to all fields of finance.

The position reports to a Finance manager based in the Italy, with a dotted line to the country manager within the country. The geographic scope of the job covers Italy.

Responsibilities:-

General / Statutory Accounting

• Responsible for complete and accurate financial statements (P&L and Balance Sheet)
• Provide monthly balance sheet reconciliations
• Support the annual conversion of US GAAP accounting to ensure local statutory compliance.
• V.A.T reporting and filing
• US GAAP and Statutory GAAP reconciliation
• Posts the statutory entries into the GL
• Annual Report preparation
• E&Y audit preparation
• CIT return preparation
• Implement and follow up on Finance Policies and Procedures

Non Trade Accounts Payable:

• Verify and code the supplier invoices
• Monitor the payment process (payment takes place in the USA)
• Single Point of contact for communication with the Headquarter finance team (in Buffalo USA) to resolve any transactional issues or reconciliation gaps

Miscellaneous:

• Support the country managers on ad-hoc financial requests
• Act as a business partner to the operations management team

Requirements:

Education:

• Degree in accounting (D.E.C.F level required)

Experience and Knowledge:

• Minimum 6 years work experience in accounting
• Experience in VAT
• Experience in Annual report preparation
• Experience in audit

Personal Attributes:

• Good communication skills including local and English language proficiency;
• Strong ability to work independently
• Willing and capable to take initiatives, positive attitude